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In that case the officer would be responsible to the Government for the $22 bounty & the value of all other advances. I presume from the roll made by Genl Stevens that this young man represented himself as being of lawful age and this opens a legal question which I refer you to Genl Stevens of Bangor for a solution.

If, however your Son is unable to do military duty, of course he will be discharged from the service & sent home and the question of minority would need no mention, & as to this matter of disability it is entirely within the province of Dr. McRuer the surgeon of the Regiment & the medical director of the USA Surgeon [?] of Washington. Your sons of course have kept you informed as to his health.

I am Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv't Chas W Roberts Lieut Col Comd'g [Commanding] by S. W. Hoskins Sec'y

To John Hodgkins Esq Milo Me